Standard Triumph Works Directory – Documenting Employees of the Standard and Triumph Works

Introduction

standard motors 1936 Did you work at the Standard or Triumph – at Canley, Radford, Banner Lane, Northey Road, Allesley, Tile Hill, Western Avenue (London), Bordesley Green (Birmingham), Speke (Liverpool), Berkeley Square (London) or any of the associated sites/companies associated with Standard Triumph? If so, we’d love to hear from you to build a database of names associated with the Standard and Triumph company. Read More HERE.

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List of Names (Surnames First)

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There are currently 3097 names in this directory

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R. B. Cole – Director

Mr R. B. Cole has been appointed a director of Standard Motor Co. Ltd.

Joseph Young – Finishing Dept

AN EX-CHINDIT, Lance-Corporal Joseph Young, of the South Staffordshire Regiment, whose home address is 11, Whalers Croft, Radford, Coventry, was

Staff Ball

With thanks again to John Macartney for this fantastic photo from the Standard Works Staff Ball in 1933.

Edna Phillips (nee Taylor)

Continuing on the previous post of Edna Phillips (nee Taylor)…

Photogenic Staff

Captain Black held a view that as Standard had many photogenic people working for it, it was commercially sensible to

Update:
The archive has now over 3,000 name entries and with 627 articles on the site. During May, 2018 we reached 100,000 website hits. May 2019 we reached 500,000 website hits. Take a look at the Latest News posts to see the articles.

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Memories

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LATEST POSTS

R. B. Cole – Director - Mr R. B. Cole has been appointed a director of Standard Motor Co. Ltd.
Joseph Young – Finishing Dept - AN EX-CHINDIT, Lance-Corporal Joseph Young, of the South Staffordshire Regiment, whose home address is 11, Whalers Croft, Radford, Coventry, was invested with the D.C.M. by the King at Buckingham Palace, yesterday.
Staff Ball - With thanks again to John Macartney for this fantastic photo from the Standard Works Staff Ball in 1933.
Edna Phillips (nee Taylor) - Continuing on the previous post of Edna Phillips (nee Taylor)…
Photogenic Staff - Captain Black held a view that as Standard had many photogenic people working for it, it was commercially sensible to use them for publicity purposes and thereby save money by not using modelling agencies.
Standard Triumph Cricket Team - A great period photo of a Standard Triumph Cricket Team.
Vox Pops – 1960 - This group of Standard Triumph workers were asked about Lord’s Cricket as part of a VoxPop interview. The original article dated from July, 1960.
A Round of Applause - From time to time we see photographs with little or no information – this one is the latter with no information at all!
TR Factory Production Line - A series of photographs taken on the TR production lines. Camera’s were banned in the factory for workers. These fabulous colour photographs were taken during one of the many visitors tours. Camera’s were still not allowed yet perhaps the occasional snap seemed to warrant a blind eye!
John Lloyd – Engineering Director - Born in South Wales in 1923, John started work at Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Coventry, in 1938.

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